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APPLICATION TILED JUNE 18, 1906.

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RAILWAY.

Specification of Letters Patept.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed June 18,1906. Serial No. 322,283.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN EDWARD JAOKMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, Coney Island, borough ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Railway, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The invention relates to switch-back or inclined gravity railways-suchas are used in pleasure-resorts, exhibitions, and the like.

The object of theinvention is to provide a new and improved railwayarranged to afford an exciting and interesting ride over a continuoustrack.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same,

which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both theviews.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same.

The continuous track of the railway has a station portion A, leadin atone end to the lower end of the upwardlydnclined uptrack B andconnecting at its other end with the ter minal of the homestretch C, andbetween the top of the uptrack B and the beginning-point of thehomestretch C extends the intermediate track-section D. The stationportion A is approximately .level and is preferably built on the groundand is arranged to afford a desirable location for the station E tofacilitate the embarkation and disembarkation of the passengers on thecars F traveling over thecontinuous track. The uptrack B, thehomestretch C, and the intermediate track section D are shown supportedon a suitable framework G but this part of the device is not material,as the continuous tra'ck may be coated in a building built for thepurpose. The uptrack B is provided with an endless propelling-chain H,having spaced cross-bars for engaging projections or arms depending fromthe bottom of the car or vehicle F traveling over the continuous track,and the said endless chain H is driven by a suitable mechanism from apower-house I, preferably arranged within the track, as indicated in thedrawings.

ure 8 and terminates in thestraight shank D of the ending portion, andwhich shank D leads to the loop D terminating in the beginning end ofthe homestretch C. The middle members D and D of the middle portion ofthe intermediate track-section D cross each other in differenthorizontal planes. 1

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be noticed that the shanks D and D of thebeginning and ending portions of the intermediate track-section D extendparallel to each other and are located in different horizontal planesand the loops D and D are arranged one above the other at the rear endof the structure and the rear end loop D of the middle portion islocated intermediate the said loops D and D Now, passengers desiring toenjoy a ride over the railway embark at the entrance side of the stationportion A, and the car F, thus filled with passengers, is pushed by anattendant to the bottom of the uptrack B, so that the endless chain Hnow engages the car F and pulls the same up the uptrack B, and finallythe said chain H disengages the car F when reaching the uppermost pointof the uptrack and the starting-point of the descent at the beginning ofthe loop D. The

car now runs by its own gravity over the beginning portion of theintermediate tracksection to finally pass over the middle portion,representing in plan the figure 8, after which the car passes on to theshank D and over the loop D through to the homestretch C, and down thesame back to the station portion A at the exit side thereof, so that thepassengers can disembark from the car, andas soon as the latter is emptyit is pushed to the other side of the station and the above operation isrepeated.

The intermediate section D is preferably provided with dips, asiilustrated in Fig. 2, so as to render the ride more exciting.

By the arrangement described the cars continually travel over theendless continuous track and very little time is lost in the embarkationand disembarkation of the passengers, and hence many cars can be runsimultaneously on the track spaced at suitable distances apart, andhence a large revenue can be derived from the running of the railway ina comparatively short time.

Having thus described my invention, I cla m as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A railway having a continuous track consisting ofan uptrack, a homestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, andan intermediate track-section between the upper end of the said uptrackand the starting point of the said homestretch, the said intermediatesection having a beginning loop por tion, an ending loop portion and amiddle portion appearing in plan in the form of the figure 8.

2. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, and an intermediatetrack-section between the upper end of the said uptrack and thestartingpoint of the said homestretch, the said intermediate sectionhaving a beginning loop portion, an ending loop portion and a middleportion appearing in plan in the form of the figure 8 the middle membersof the said middle portion crossing each other in di'li'erent horizontalplanes.

3. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, and an intermediatetrack-section between the upper end of the said uptrack and thestartingpoint of the said homestretch, the said intermediate sectionhaving beginning and ending portions, each appearing in plan in the formof a loop terminating at one end in a straight shank; and a middleportion appearing in plan in the form of the figure 8.

4. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, and an intermediatetrack-section between the upper end of the said uptrack and thestartingpoint of the said homestretch, the said intermediate sectionhaving beginning and ending portions, each appearing in plan in the formof a loop terminating at one endinastraight shank, and a middle portionappearing in planin the form of the figure 8 and connecting at its endswith the shanks of the beginning and ending portions.

5. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, and an intermediatetrack-section between the upper end of the said uptrack and thestartingpoint of the said homestretch, the said intermediate sectionhaving beginning and ending portions, each appearing in plan in theform.

of a loop terminating at one end in a straight shank, the shanks of thesaid beginning portions being approximately parallel, and a middleportion appearing in plan in the form of the iigure 8.

6. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, and an intermediatetrack-section between the upper end of the said uptrack and thestartingpoint of the said homestretch, the said intermediate sectionhaving beginning and ending portions each appearingin plan in the formof a loop terminating at one end in a straight shank, the shanks oi thesaid beginning portions being approximately parallel and ar ranged indifferent horizontal planes, and a middle portion appearing in plan inthe form of the figure 8.

7. A railway having a continuous track consisting of an uptrack, ahomestretch leading back to the foot of the uptrack, and an intermediatetracksection between the upper end of the said uptrack and the startingpoint of the said homestretch, the said intermediate section havingbeginning and ending portions, each appearing in plan in the form of aloop terminating at one end in a straight shank, the said beginning andending portions being arranged at opposite ends of the intermediatetrack-section, and a middle portion appearing in plan in the form of the"figure 8.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN EDWARD JACKMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. JACKMAN, VVILLIAM I. GOEBEL.

